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  • Committer: Clement Lefebvre
  • Date: 2020-05-14 07:17:40 UTC
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 
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<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="guide" id="compositing">
 
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   <info>
 
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    <link type="guide" xref="index#windows"/>
 
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    <credit type="author">
 
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      <name>Linux Mint</name>
 
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      <email>root@linuxmint.com</email>
 
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    </credit>
 
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    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>
 
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  </info>
 
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  <title>Pros and cons of compositing</title>
 
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  <section id="pros">
 
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    <title>Advantages</title>
 
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    <list>
 
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      <item>
 
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        <p>Better look &amp; feel: Window animations, shadows and transparency.</p>
 
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      </item>
 
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        <p>Better support for modern applications: Client-side decorations in GTK3 are better supported by composited window managers.</p>
 
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    </list>
 
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  </section>
 
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  <section id="cons">
 
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    <title>Disadvantages</title>
 
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    <list>
 
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      <item>
 
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        <p>GPU rendering: Depending on your graphics card and your drivers, rendering with the GPU (as opposed to the CPU) can result in visual artefacts or screen tearing.</p>
 
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        <p>Resource usage: Compositing requires more resources. This can result in slower performance or reduced battery autonomy on laptop computers.</p>
 
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      </item>
 
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    </list>
 
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  </section>
 
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</page>